VIRGINIA

np: n.d.: 1870s? 5" x 7". 8pp. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title [as issued], stitched. Short closed tear running through fore-edge [no loss]. Else Very Good. This Civil War narrative is a humorous and sarcastic portrayal of General John Pope's failures at the Second Battle of Manassas. Speaking of... More

[Washington: 1863]. 12mo broadside, two punch holes in blank inner margin, Very Good. The Order appoints General Hooker to the command of the Army of the Potomac, and relieves General Burnside from command "at his own request." More

Richmond: 1854. 32pp, stitched in original printed wrappers, blank lower corner of front wrap clipped, else Very Good. On this national holiday the author lauds "that perpetual watchword of our hearts-- Virginia!" He denounces the "tendency to centralization" and "that morbid philanthropy and calculating humanity, which takes a fugitive... More

Martinsburg, W. VA: Office of the "Berkeley Union" 1872. 126pp, two plates, stitched. Original printed and illustrated wrappers [chipped at extremities without affecting text or illustration]. Front wrapper illustrated with a portrait of John Brown [repeated after page 32], rear wrapper with a portrait of John W. Garrett [repeated after... More

[Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia. 1962]. xliv, [210] pp. [This book is unpaginated; however, it has 357 entries and a full index at the back.] Red cloth boards with gilt lettered spine [minor discoloration to spine]. Lacks title page. Binding lightly shaken, else Good+ to Very Good. More

Richmond: 1863. 55pp, stitched, original printed wrappers [several chips], light Rebel Archives rubberstamps on front wrap and three subsequent pages, else Very Good. Secretary of State Benjamin's diplomatic correspondence concerning the delicate British attempts to maintain positive relations with the Confederacy. Although England withheld recognition of its independence. England... More

Philadelphia: 1835. 70pp, with the half title. Disbound. Scattered spotting, else Very Good. With errata slip at the end. Binney's eulogy is a detailed biography of Marshall, including his lineage and his services in the Revolutionary War. "He was one of that body of men, never surpassed in the... More

Washington, D.C. Lem. Towers, 1860. 16pp. Caption title [as issued], double columns, disbound. Tanned, scattered foxing. Early ownership signature at head of title. Good+. Congressman Botts and his fellow Virginia Whigs denounce the Democrats' "design in this State to prepare the hearts and hands of our people for disunion... More

[Richmond? 1850]. 15, [1 blank] pp. Untrimmed and uncut, lightly worn, Very Good, with caption title (as issued). The Virginia Whig Botts supports the Compromise of 1850 and condemns both abolitionists and southern 'Ultras.' "I hold to the Union...for the perpetuation of American freedom, rather than the abolition or... More

[Washington: Towers, 1848]. 16pp, caption title [as issued], disbound and lightly soiled. Good+. A Virginia Whig allied with Henry Clay, Botts later remained loyal to the Union during the War and suffered accordingly. Here he defends himself for alleged half-hearted support of the Whigs' 1848 candidate, Zachary Taylor. Botts... More

[Washington: 1848]. 15pp, disbound, caption title [as issued]. Very Good. Botts, the Virginia Whig, explains his opposition to the nomination of Zachary Taylor who, indeed, was a political cypher with absolutely no record in civil life. Botts's choice for 1848 is the prominent and popular Whig Henry Clay, the Party's... More

[Jefferson County, Kentucky: November 5, 1787]. Manuscript Letter, nine lines. Remnant of red wax seal. Folded for mailing to "Col. William Pope/ Jefferson County." Very Good. Brashear [1734-1807], born in Prince Georges County Maryland, died in Shepherdsville, Kentucky as a prosperous Kentucky slave-owner. Census records for 1810 enumerate the... More

Charlottesville, Va. Printed by James Alexander, 1837. Disbound. Clean closed tear on title page expertly repaired on blank verso without loss, barely noticeable from the recto. 54, [2 blanks] pp. Light toning and mild foxing. Else Very Good. This scarce pamphlet addresses the power of a State Legislature to... More

[2], 70 pp plus two unpaginated maps [verso of each is blank]. Stitched in original printed wrappers. Light wear, Very Good. Inscribed on the front wrapper, "Hon. Samuel J.R. McMillan Compliments of F.J. Porter." McMillan was a U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1875-1887. Porter spent years seeking to overturn the guilty... More

[Washington, D.C.]: Polkinhorn's Steam Job Press, [1857]. 8pp. Caption title [as issued]. Disbound lightly stained, Good+. Carlile was elected to Congress from western Virginia under the American [Know-Nothing] Party banner in 1855. Though he would be a delegate to Virginia's secession convention, he stayed with the Union during the... More